Amazon: Linux Saved Us Millions

Ian_Bailey writes: "ZDNet news presents another chapter in the Windows vs. Linux debate. Amazon.com claims that by switching to Linux, they were able to "cut technology expenses by about 25 percent, from $71 million to $54 million."" Lots of little bits in there. Nothing really new, but it's still nice.

Comments

Re:Linux Costs $54 Million?

[mikeporter]

Duh, I just couldnt resist!

Great, now if only HomePNA would work

[Uttles]

OK guys, sorry to be a little off topic, but I'm a little annoyed at the moment with the lack of support from HomePNA for Linux. At my apartment my roomate and I share an ADSL connection using HomePNA 2.0 and computers with Windows installed. I'm trying to move over to Linux but now I can't get to the internet unless I boot up under Windoze because Linux won't support my USB 2Wire HomePNA 2.0 card.

Anyway, in order for Linux to compete in the broad PC market they have to support little conveniences like running a home network over your phone lines (not everyone has the time, money, or ability to run cat 5 all over the place.) It's great that Amazon is supporting Linux and singing it's praises, but there's still a long way to go before every day people switch over to Linux.

So, anybody know anything about HomePNA 2.0 on Linux?

/. submission queue maintained by apes

[Roundeye]

I submitted this story last night (times are in GMT):

Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:

2001-10-31 04:51:37 Amazon says "Linux saved us millions" (articles,linuxbiz) (rejected)

Summary:

rejected (1)

It was rejected within just a couple of minutes of submission, yet a nearly identical submission makes it to the front page today. This is why I don't bother to post stories to /. -- the maintainers are troglodytes with no idea whether something is newsworthy, or what anyone else in their organization is doing. If this is how day-to-day operations in the rest of VA are conducted it's no wonder they're going down the tubes.